It makes a difference when she starts saying a WAR is a task from GOD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H-btXPfhGs


It makes a difference when she starts saying a WAR is a task from GOD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H-btXPfhGs
What difference does it make? Well do you want the world to know thatyour possible Prez might be rolling on the floor of the White House and speaking in tongues to help them decide the fate of free world? I know I sure don’t. I guess you feel different though and that is your prerogative.
Pentecostals don't "consult a talking snake." I think you would be pretty damn offended if your religion were mocked the way you're mocking hers. I'm not a Palin supporter and I agree that the Pentecostal faith is a bit loopy, but I know plenty of Pentecostals who are intelligent, capable people, and honestly I'm disappointed by the nastiness in this thread. Attack her stance on important issues, discuss her leadership experience, whatever, but I see no reason to mock her religion or tear down her children. That's just below the belt and inappropriate.
FWIW, I re phrased it while you were typing because it didn't come out correct. I respect their right to practice their beliefs but that doesn't mean I can't think it's funny and not the best image for a VP or Prez. Seriously, is that what you want the rest of the world to think of when they see our leaders? Hasn't Bush been bad enough in the poor image department? Do we REALLY need more of that?
Also I've never torn down her kids. I have said more than once I feel BAD for them.
And you're not a Palin supporter? I'm confused by that since wasn't it you who wrote about how you were really pulling for her to be the VP pick. Do I have you confused with someone else?
I thought she looked good on paper but now I'm hearing other things and haven't made up my mind yet. I'm playing Swiss until I get more information.
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Sarah Palin's church.....
Scary....scary....stuff...alone....but no freaking way when you put her with war hungry John McCain.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkY5K1Sbh0Y




Here's a good article balancing some of the issues regarding Mrs. Palin from the people who know her and her record best.
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/...29827273.shtml
Also adn.com is the Anchorage Daily News with seemingly fair articles about her candidacy.
Actually, the last Pentecostal we had in hgh office was Attorney General Asscroft and it was he who REFUSED to sign off on a Bush Administration proposal to conduct (inter alia) illegal wiretapping. That was when then White House Counsel
Gonzales went to Asscroft's hospital room to try and get him to sign off. Despite his wacky religious beliefs, Asscroft upheld the Constitution and wouldn't do it.


Eric Stoner....
Do you care to comment on this....Also, do you think people in other countries who hate the United States have the ability to use Youtube? Yep...he sure knows how to make us safer and impress our allies!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAzBxFaio1I
First of all, I have repeatedly made it clear I am voting for O B A M A. Reluctantly and without enthusiasm but I am NOT voting for McCain. So I don't care how many bad jokes McCain has made about Chelsea's lineage or how many times he resurrects the "Bomb, bomb, bomb .... bomb bomb Iran " ditty first popular back in 1980.







It was also Ashcroft who attempted to impose his beliefs on to others. Just another reason to be scared of Palin.
That woman is batshit crazy. She should not be allowed in Washington DC, period. Not to mention one 72 yr old failed heart-beat from the Presidency.
"If you don't see the humor in that post, I'm going to smack you with a catfish."~~~ i.breathe.in


LOL...I agree.
I'd love to know how McWar and Palin are going to address this. Republicans are so war happy all the time. I don't think they have a clue or care what they are doing....and it's not MY GOD'S Plan
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The rate of suicides among-active duty soldiers is on pace to surpass both last year's numbers and the rate of suicide in the general U.S. population for the first time since the Vietnam war, according to U.S. Army officials.
Officials attribute the rise in suicides to anxiety and stress from increased operations and more deployments.
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As of August, 62 Army soldiers have committed suicide, and 31 cases of possible suicide remain under investigation, according to Army statistics. Last year, the Army recorded 115 suicides among its ranks, which was also higher than the previous year.
Army officials said that if the trend continues this year, it will pass the nation's suicide rate of 19.5 people per 100,000, a 2005 figure considered the most recent by the government.
The rise can be attributed to the increased pace of combat operations, the number of deployments and financial and family troubles connected with deployments, Army officials said.
"Army leaders are fully aware that repeated deployments have led to increased distress and anxiety for both soldiers and their families," Secretary of the Army Pete Geren said. "This stress on the force is validated by recent studies of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans reporting symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder or major depression."
The statistics were released Tuesday at a news conference announcing the completion of a study by mental health experts who the Veterans Administration asked to review its suicide prevention work and track numbers.
On Tuesday, the VA also announced findings from a study showing that suicides hit an all-time high in 2006 among younger U.S. military veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The numbers show record levels for men, but the statistics are lower for women.
According to the VA, about 46 of 100,000 males between the ages of 18 and 29 utilizing VA services committed suicide in 2006, compared with about 27 the year before.
For female veterans in the same age group, about three in 100,000 killed themselves in 2006, compared with about eight per 100,000 in 2005.
The suicide rate for males is also higher than for the general United States population in 2005. The number for the general population is about 20 people per 100,000, according to the VA numbers. Numbers were not available for the 2006 general male population suicides.
Veterans Secretary James Peake said the department would try to reduce the number of suicides by using recommendations by the mental health expert panel.
"The report of this blue-ribbon panel, and other efforts under way, will ensure VA mobilizes its full resources to care for our most vulnerable veterans," Peake said in a statement.
Among veterans who left the military in 2001, 141 killed themselves between 2002 and 2005, according to VA statistics in the report. In 2006, 113 more veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars committed suicide.
The Veterans Administration has said the rise in suicides can be directly connected to the increase in veterans coming from both wars since 2001.
Representatives from the Department of Defense, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health made the following recommendations:
• Design a study that will identify suicide risk among veterans of different conflicts, ages, genders, military branches and other factors.
• Improve the VA's screening for suicide among veterans with depression or post-traumatic stress disorder.
• Foster a better understanding of suitable medications for depression, PTSD and suicidal behavior
Richard PLEASE ! I neither like nor agree with folks like Asscroft. There are good reasons why I insist on misspelling his name. I was just citing one instance; maybe the ONLY one afaik; where he stood up for the Constitution.
And as a matter of fact Palin no longer attends a Pentecostal church.




Doesn't the Fifth Amendment prevent government suppression of expression anyway? Sure, I understand there are exceptions, but I also know it's interpreted quite expansively nonetheless. My knowledge of US law may be fairly rudimentary, but I am regardless quite certain that broad attempts at censorship on Palin's part would likely be unconstitutional.




I can't believe that I, a non-American, have to tell you this, but here goes:
The Bill of rights attached to the US Constitution is by no means absolute. Not only are there recognised exceptions (for example, speech that forms part of an offence is not protected by the Fifth Amendment), but the rights themselves protect only against governmental action. Therefore, government interference with privacy might be unconstitutional, but media or private interference isn't.
I've done the equivalent of US law 101. It's a bit scary to think I (and I consider myself very much a noob with regard to the American legal system) might know more about how the US Constitution works than some of the locals.


I've noticed that too. I'm starting to find it disturbing that Sarah Palin has gone for over a week without answering questions. Her first interview is going to be prepared questions. She is a total puppet.
She should have been taking questions and defending her positions from Day 1.
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